Controversial biomedical subjects — cloning, stem cells, abortion, a breast-cancer study that went awry — are among the winning entries in the 2003 Science in Society Awards.
Science in Society Awards
Primary tabs
- Science in Society Awards(active tab)
- Excellence in Institutional Writing Awards
- Diane McGurgan Award
- Peggy Girshman Idea Grants
- Travel fellowships
- Career Grants
The Science in Society Journalism Awards provide recognition for investigative or interpretive reporting about the sciences and their impact on society and are funded by the National Association of Science Writers without subsidy from any professional or commercial interest. Cash prizes are awarded and entries are open to all and free for members. The most recently updated rules are available on this page. The awards are open for submissions from Dec. 1 to Feb. 1 each year.
The frontiers of human reproduction, the search for an AIDS vaccine, evolution, the challenge of obesity, engineering feats, the perils of e-junk, and a personal search for one reporter’s genetic roots are the subjects of this year’s best reporting on how science impacts society, as reflected in the 2002 Science in Society awards.
Stories about the seriously flawed national flu vaccine program, the historic decoding of the human genome, the struggle to preserve the New England fish population, the inadequate science behind the country’s dietary fat dictates, troubling questions about depleted uranium lingering in former war zones, and the tantalizing potential of methane hydrates all earned top honors for journalists in the 2001 Science in Society Journalism Award.
Stories about a contentious set of 9,000-year-old human bones found in the Pacific Northwest, dauntless AIDS-prevention efforts targeting women in Africa, the complex scientific challenge of global warming, academic integrity in peril from commercially sponsored research, and the fight over genetically engineered food all earned top honors for journalists in the 2000 Science in Society Journalism Awards.
Winners include entries on the history of salt research and its conflicting findings, the struggles of Brookhaven National Laboratory and its surrounding community in light of environmental contamination from the prestigious lab’s research activities, and the relationship of science to current apocalyptic thinking spurred by the approaching new millennium.
Winning entries from Fortune, The Wall Street Journal, and PBS Frontline.
Winners represent The Washington Post Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, and CNN.
Winners from Science, The Wall Street Journal, and PBS Frontline.
NASW sponsors the annual Science in Society Journalism Awards and co-sponsors the Evert Clark/Seth Payne Award for Young Science Journalists. Official rules and entry forms for the Science in Society Journalism Awards are posted here in mid-November each year for work published during that year. Entry deadline is Feb. 1 of the following year.